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Riad Hijab, top opposition figure, receiving treatment in US: source

(Zaman Al Wasl) Well-informed source said Riad Hijab, the chairman of the High Committee of the Syrian negotiations, has been receiving treatment in the U.S. as his fellow opposition figures are holding talks with the Syrian regime in Geneva on Thursday.

The head of the Saudi-backed opposition spectrum, was the Syrian Prime Minister from June to August 2012, serving under Bashar al-Assad. From 2011 to 2012, he was Minister of Agriculture.

On 6 August 2012, Hijab defected his post and escaped to Jordan.

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